Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1147 Shunzhi wants to perform

September is the time of harvest, and the facts have proved that as long as there are no natural disasters and the place is stable in the Central Plains, even if the government does nothing, or even imposes a little more miscellaneous taxes, the local people can still survive.

The land of Hebei, after several years of recovery, and this year is a good year, the golden wheat is all over the Hebei Plain.

Although the taxes in the Manchu Qing Dynasty were very high, as long as the wheat grew, the Qing government had to leave some for the people. After all, people would have to plant the wheat next year, so they would not starve to death.

In the past two years, due to the reduction of wars in the Qing court, the burden on Hebei has been eased. Many people have recovered from extreme poverty, have some savings, and business has gradually risen.

Although the city of Beijing is not as prosperous as it used to be, it is not too bad. After all, tens of thousands of banner people and their families live in the city, plus the Han ministers in the court, Beijing has gathered more than [-]% of the wealth of the Qing Dynasty, and the business is naturally Still prosperous.

At this time, the streets of Beijing were bustling with people as usual, and the people in the city did not know that a shocking change was taking place in the Qing Dynasty.

Compared with the ordinary life of the people in the city, the Forbidden City suddenly became chaotic because of this shocking change.

After Dai Shan, the regent prince of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, died of illness this year, the government of the Qing court returned to Dorgon's hands again. However, when the news of Shanxi's sudden change yesterday and the fall of the whole territory came, Dorgon vomited blood and fainted.

After ten years in customs, Dorgon likes to seize power again. People who are over half a hundred years old, and they are very tired to have children, their health is no longer as good as before.

If you add that Yu Wang Duoduo, who is terminally ill and will die at some point, and the top figures who hold the power of the Manchu Qing, all of them can't be directors at once, which makes the Qing court immediately panic.

Dorgon originally wanted to take advantage of the civil strife in Nanming to stab Wang Yan severely, weaken Nanming's strength, and contain Wang Yan to quell the civil strife, but he didn't want Shanxi to rebel suddenly, so he stabbed him from behind.

Now the main force of the Qing Dynasty is concentrated on the front line, especially the more than [-] Qing troops are concentrated in Henan. Once Shanxi is lost, these more than [-] troops will immediately suffer from the enemy.

Jiang Xiang's knife can be regarded as stabbing Dorgon's waist and eyes, killing him. He made a wrong step and lost everything.

If Jiang Xiang cannot be eliminated quickly, a chain reaction will inevitably occur throughout the north, and the Qing Dynasty can only withdraw from the Central Plains.

Now Dorgon can only let the army stop attacking Ming and return to the division to suppress the rebellion, but will that bitch Wang Yan let him retreat safely?

The Qing army fell into a dilemma. In desperation, the regent Dorgon vomited blood and fainted to death in the Qinzheng Hall.

For Man Qing, who was in trouble, it was really a leak in the house, but it was raining all night and the boat was late and the headwind was coming.

Dorgon fell into a coma, which was definitely not a good thing for the Manchu Qing court, but it was an opportunity for Bumbutai and the 15-year-old Shunzhi.

The palace in Beijing suffered some damage, but in the past two years, the Qing government’s finances have improved. Dorgon saw that Shunzhi was approaching the age of taking office, so he suppressed Shunzhi and did not want him to participate in government affairs. He gave him certain preferential treatment, squeezed out a little money, and asked the Ministry of Industry to repair the palace, and wanted to keep Bumbutai and Shunzhi in the palace.

After the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the center of power had always been in the hands of the Regent's Mansion and the Council of Ministers of the King. On the contrary, the Forbidden Palace where the emperor lived and the three major halls that handled government affairs were deserted for nearly ten years.

Today, the front of the Qianqing Gate was bustling with activity. More than a dozen high officials of the Qing court, wearing black horseshoe-sleeved official robes, with beasts patched on the chest and back, hanging court beads, and bowl hats, filed in and arrived at the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

Times have changed, and the child who entered the customs has become a 15-year-old young man, and gradually began to be full of hope for rights.

Shunzhi hated his imperial father, the regent Dorgon, from the bottom of his heart. He didn't like Dorgon's control of the government, and even resented Dorgon's shameless act of messing with his mother and his queen for messing with men and women, insisting on being his father.

Shunzhi entered the customs at the age of six. He was different from Dorgon's generation. In addition to learning Manchu things, he had been exposed to Han culture since he was a child. He was more ashamed than Dorgon's generation.

Dorgon got together with his mother, often stayed in the inner palace at night, and put such a big hat on Huang Taiji. As a son of man, how could he bear it?
Whenever he heard that Dorgon had gone to Bumbutai's bedroom, Shunzhi's heart fell into extreme distortion and hatred. He wished he could rush into the Palace of Compassion with a knife and hacked to death Dorgon who was pressing on his mother's body. Dagon.

However, a person like him who was raised in the deep palace and grew up in the hands of women has long lost the blood of his father's generation. He just thought about it in his heart. soft.

It's all right now, without him taking action, Dorgon was so angry that he passed out.

Although he was also worried about the current situation, he was still young after all, and he didn't know much about military affairs. He was more concerned about whether Dorgon would die and whether he had a chance to take charge of the government.

Jiang Xiang's rebellion, all the eight prefectures in Shanxi rebelled, the rebel Jiang Youguangdong invaded Xuanfu, the rebel army may go out of the Taihang Eight Classics at any time, attack Hebei, and may cross the Yellow River to attack Kong Youde with the Ming army. It is gratifying. The situation can be said to be extremely urgent , but at this time Dorgon fainted.

The Qing court had no leader at first, but it needed to make an immediate decision on how to suppress the rebellion and how to mobilize troops. Some ministers suggested that the queen mother and the emperor be the masters. Wake up, and the army is on fire, so they can only follow.

Dorgon was so angry that he fainted and became unconscious. This made many people suddenly realize a serious problem.

Dorgon has no biological son, only an adopted son, and Duoduo is seriously ill, and the power of the Qing Dynasty may still fall into the hands of Bumbutai and Shunzhi in the end.

In the early Qing Dynasty, the internal political struggles in the Manchu and Qing Dynasties were actually very fierce, but the Manchus were taboo to mention them, and they did not want the Han people to see their internal discord, so there were few records in history books, and even concealed them.

In history, Dorgon said that he fell to his death from a horse and was able to change the historical data. It's really hard to say what happened.

More than a dozen officials of the Qing court came to the Hall of Supreme Harmony. The little emperor Shunzhi, who was inexplicably helped to the throne because of Dorgon and Haoge's competition for the throne, was already 15 years old.

But I don’t know if this little emperor is suppressing something in his heart. At the age of 15, he doesn’t look like a Manchurian. He is very thin. He has a strong body, his face is white and beardless, his body is thin, and he looks like he is about to collapse due to congenital deficiencies.

At this time, he was in the main hall, sitting on the big treasure, while Bumbutai sat behind the bead curtain.

In the main hall, apart from Fan Wencheng, Feng Quan and other few reliable Han officials, the rest are Manchu and Mongolian nobles, such as the younger brother of Boluo, the county king Yuele, and the county king Luo Keduo, the grandson of Yuetuo. the prince.

It was the first time for Shunzhi to face such a situation, his face was excited, but he didn't know what to do. After everyone saluted, he was stunned for a while before letting them get up.

There was silence in the hall for a while, and Bumbutai behind the curtain could only speak: "My lords, how is the situation of the regent?"

When Shunzhi heard Bumbutai's question, his face was a bit ugly. There were not many princes below, and they really put him in their eyes. No one paid attention to his expression. Doni, the son of Duoduo, hesitated and said: "The situation is not very good. , I just came from the Prince Regent’s mansion, and the Prince Regent hasn’t woken up yet! The imperial doctor judges that if he doesn’t wake up in the next few days, his life may be in danger!”

Jiang Xiang's rebellion against the Qing was not as simple as Shanxi's rebellion. He would bring a series of reactions, indicating that the Manchu Qing would no longer be able to go south, and even threatened to destroy the country.

From the joy of conquering Moxi and defeating the Ming army, Dorgon suddenly fell into the abyss, and it is normal for Dorgon to vomit blood and become unconscious.

Shunzhi was overjoyed when he heard this, but Bumbutai behind the tent had a complicated expression. If Dorgon died now, although she could take over the power, she was unable to deal with the current situation. Dead, the Qing court lacks such a strong man, I am afraid that people's hearts will immediately disperse.

Bumbutai is a smart woman, and she hurriedly ordered: "Let the imperial physician use the best medicine, and the regent must be safe. If there is something wrong with the regent, the Ai family will have their heads."

She said this out of sincerity, and at the same time, she said it to the people of Dorgon's faction. If Dorgon fails, it will be convenient for him to take over the power.

The 15-year-old Shunzhi did not have the wisdom of his mother's queen, but this is not surprising. Although he is an emperor and has received a good education, he is still a 15-year-old boy. He has not participated in any political affairs and has not put into practice what he has learned. He only thought that his mother's mother and Dorgon had developed a relationship, and when he heard the words, he was furious, and finally uttered an annoying voice, "Now the situation in Shanxi is critical, the regent is ill, and I will be the master of state affairs, my minister." Gentlemen, hurry up and talk about the counter-insurgency, and what about the regent!"

(End of this chapter)